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---------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, MARCH 19 ** NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation during which he will talk about issues relating to Covid-19 and the efforts being undertaken to combat it – 2000 GMT.

** VIENNA - Austria's interior, health ministers hold news conference on coronavirus developments - 1130 GMT. ** NEW YORK - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres due to speak to press about coronavirus - 1630 GMT.

GENEVA – 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council (to March 20). KUALA LUMPUR - Finance ministers, central bank governors and heads of other institutions will meet to discuss current economic trends and crisis-related issues during the APEC finance and central banks deputies' meeting in Malaysia (to Mar. 19). NICOSIA - Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to visit Cyprus, their first joint visit to the island (to Mar. 21).

SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in presides the first meeting of emergency economic council to discuss the economic damage from coronavirus outbreak. BRUSSELS - EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton gives a conference on the theme “Braver, greener, fairer: European Industrial Policy in times of Coronavirus” - 1130.

BERLIN - German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer holds a news conference on how the country’s armed forces help with coping the coronavirus pandemic - 1200 GMT. VANUATU - Ni-Vanuatu Parliament election

NICOSIA – Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will meet British Prince Charles at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia. KUALA LUMPUR - APEC-finance and central banks deputies' meeting.

EGYPT – 9th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 20 ** VIENNA - Austria's finance minister Gernot Blumel gives budget speech - 1100 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 21 AMMAN - Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to visit Jordan (to March 22)

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GLOBAL - World Water Day. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day. BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs minister meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 24 PITTSBURGH, PA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosts G7 foreign ministers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (to Mar. 25).

BRUSSELS - The vice-president of the European Commission in charge of digital Margrethe Vestager speaks on "a new rulebook for the digital economy". GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day. QUANG NINH, Vietnam - Vietnam hosts 24th ASEAN Finance Ministers meeting (to Mar. 27).

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 BRUSSELS - Vice-President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presents the Eastern Partnership post-2020.

BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis presents Action Plan on Anti-money Laundering. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 26 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) - Referendum election. BUDAPEST - Deputy Prime minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Dmytro Kuleba to visit Budapest. BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Mar. 27).

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ANTALYA, Turkey - Turkey hosts a diplomacy forum in the southern province of Antalya between March 27-29. President Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu are expected to attend and hold bilateral talks with some of their counterparts attending the event (to March 29). TAJIKISTAN - Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 28

DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2020 Dubai World Cup. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 29

MALI - National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 31

ATHENS - OECD Economic Surveys: Greece 2020. STRASBOURG, France - European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Suica presents a report on the "Impact of Demographic Change" during the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 2 BRUSSELS - NATO foreign affairs ministers meet in Brussels (to April 3)

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 5 RIYADH - The World Economic Forum, in partnership with Saudi Arabia's G20 Secretariat, is convening the most relevant leaders from government, business and civil society for a Special Meeting on the Middle East in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (to April 6).

ARMENIA - Referendum election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 6

DA NANG, Vietnam - Vietnam hosts 36th ASEAN Summit in Da Nang (to April 9). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, APRIL 12 NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian assembly election.

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Syrian Arab Republic - Syrian People's Council election. WASHINGTON DC - The International Monetary Fund hosts its annual spring meeting with the World Bank.

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South Korea - South Korean National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, APRIL 20 KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and budgetary heads from the APEC countries attend the APEC trade ministers' meeting in Malaysia (to April 21).

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 21 ** BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of environment ministers (to April 22).

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

RUSSIA - Referendum election. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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MONDAY, APRIL 27 ** BRUSSELS - EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting (to April 28).

** BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of employment, social policy and health ministers on social policy (to April 28). ** BRUSSELS – EU informal meeting of transport ministers (Energy) (to April 28). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 ** BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of health ministers (to April 30). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 3 BOLIVIA - Bolivian Chamber of Senators election. BOLIVIA - Referendum election. BOLIVIA - Bolivian Chamber of Deputies election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 5 ZAGREB - EU-Western Balkans summit in Zagreb (to May 7). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 10 POLAND - Referendum election.

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** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 12

** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting ** BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting

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** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 18 ** BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting

** BRUSSELS – EU Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council meeting (to May 19). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 19 ** BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. MALAWI - Referendum election.

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